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In 2021, 75 farmers in cities within Langlade County received a total of $2 million in 155 farm subsidies, a 72.5% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $7.3 million in 318 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse J. Teal | $212,219 | $299,151 | 41% |
| Richard J. Schuessler | $441,307 | $150,891 | -65.8% |
| Wild's Dairy Farm, Inc. | $224,181 | $130,520 | -41.8% |
| Meyer Family Dairy Farm, LLC | $167,571 | $124,734 | -25.6% |
| Flight Farm, Inc. | $136,189 | $108,220 | -20.5% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity Credit Corporation | $0 | $87,632 | -- |
| John Schuman | $91,718 | $79,029 | -13.8% |
| IGLS Homestead, Inc. | $105,597 | $77,859 | -26.3% |
| Michael Peter Lehman | $39,310 | $74,316 | 89.1% |
| Parilek Farms, LLC | $79,048 | $54,827 | -30.6% |
| Flannery & Flannery Logging | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Marshall Logging, Inc. | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Dave Raith Logging, LLC | $0 | $52,875 | -- |
| Frisch Farms, LLC | $46,433 | $48,948 | 5.4% |
| Koeppel Farms, LLC | $65,443 | $45,489 | -30.5% |
| Lisa Shafel | $15,031 | $38,726 | 157.6% |
| Patrick John Prasalowicz | $23,813 | $34,183 | 43.5% |
| Parsons Dairy Farm, LLC | $53,320 | $33,549 | -37.1% |
| Baginski Farms, Inc. | $450,481 | $31,217 | -93.1% |
| Hyland Lakes Spuds, Inc. | $556,182 | $29,719 | -94.7% |
| Evergreen Dairy Resort, LLC | $449,576 | $26,603 | -94.1% |
| Heistad Farm, LLC | $40,439 | $22,548 | -44.2% |
| Vernon Emmer Jr. | $36,473 | $21,929 | -39.9% |
| Popelka Family Limited Partnership, Ltd. | $0 | $20,214 | -- |
| Mark A. Maus | $75,074 | $19,747 | -73.7% |
| Mitchell L. Nelson | $22,277 | $15,795 | -29.1% |
| Mike Wolter Riverside Farm, Inc. | $477,694 | $15,718 | -96.7% |
| Daniel J. Wickersheim | $0 | $15,331 | -- |
| Robert Dale Fronek | $35,040 | $14,611 | -58.3% |
| Lese Livestock & Trucking, LLC | $126,566 | $14,580 | -88.5% |
| Frazier Logging | $0 | $11,932 | -- |
| Wild Seed Farms, Inc. | $253,217 | $11,303 | -95.5% |
| Jeffrey W. Grosskurth | $14,460 | $11,137 | -23% |
| 3D Badger, Ltd. | $13,252 | $10,152 | -23.4% |
| Robert J. Stimac | $7,601 | $9,180 | 20.8% |
| Bula Potato Farms, Inc. | $292,585 | $9,032 | -96.9% |
| Mark Anthony Arrowood | $15,741 | $8,772 | -44.3% |
| Ronald Noskowiak | $24,198 | $8,492 | -64.9% |
| Chad E. Fleischman | $250,094 | $8,191 | -96.7% |
| Kenneth J. Ourada Jr. | $13,842 | $7,818 | -43.5% |
| Matuszewski Family Farm, LLC | $9,102 | $7,645 | -16% |
| Guenthner Farms, Inc. | $86,166 | $7,640 | -91.1% |
| Jess Michael Kettner | $0 | $7,045 | -- |
| Canopy Gardens, LLC | $0 | $6,245 | -- |
| Schroeder Bros Farms, Inc. | $1,301,239 | $6,030 | -99.5% |
| Allen Kolpack | $8,333 | $6,029 | -27.6% |
| David J. Fleischman | $270,865 | $6,014 | -97.8% |
| Mach's Sunny Acres, Inc. | $10,205 | $5,986 | -41.3% |
| Kloes Bros Farms | $13,874 | $5,923 | -57.3% |
| Resch Farms, LLC | $8,211 | $5,748 | -30% |
| IGL Farms, LLC | $75,981 | $5,557 | -92.7% |
| Roger L. Fleischman | $32,087 | $5,399 | -83.2% |
| James L. Petroskey | $8,382 | $5,342 | -36.3% |
| Matthew J. Fronek | $17,582 | $4,273 | -75.7% |
| James Gallenberg Farms, LLC | $4,325 | $4,028 | -6.9% |
| Jeffrey T. Smith | $29,746 | $3,864 | -87% |
| Cory & Rick's Sugar Shack, LLC | $0 | $3,378 | -- |
| Constance R. Nelson | $4,379 | $3,071 | -29.9% |
| Karl G. Verhasselt | $28,933 | $2,850 | -90.1% |
| Joseph M. Waldvogel | $5,294 | $2,768 | -47.7% |
| David K. Wilson | $6,818 | $2,489 | -63.5% |
| Robert H. Schroeder | $0 | $2,420 | -- |
| Maryjo Breitenfeldt | $4,822 | $2,285 | -52.6% |
| Dennis R. Zupon | $0 | $2,230 | -- |
| Nathan Thomas Schmidt | $4,948 | $1,738 | -64.9% |
| Karin Koeppel | $3,830 | $1,726 | -54.9% |
| Wayne D. Schultz | $1,577 | $1,154 | -26.8% |
| Dave Packard Trucking, Inc. | $7,894 | $1,122 | -85.8% |
| Jesse A. Larson | $1,052 | $869 | -17.4% |
| Andrew Rasmussen | $2,238 | $737 | -67.1% |
| Steven J. Fisher | $745 | $709 | -4.8% |
| Jack Rusch | $441 | $441 | 0% |
| Joseph Kessler Jr. | $494 | $260 | -47.4% |
| Craig M. Thompson | $615 | $87 | -85.9% |
| Richard H Estreen | $463 | $3 | -99.4% |
| Adamski's Sugar Bush, LLC | $6,219 | $0 | -100% |
| Botanophilia, LLC | $1,147 | $0 | -100% |
| Dann Lucht | $299 | $0 | -100% |
| Dennis H. Seis | $10,041 | $0 | -100% |
| Eckerman Sheep Company | $10,786 | $0 | -100% |
| Farm Service Agency/Commodity CRE | $23,579 | $0 | -100% |
| Fertile Acres, LLC | $1,658 | $0 | -100% |
| Guenthner Potato Company, Inc. | $328,042 | $0 | -100% |
| Hartman Farms, Inc. | $9,554 | $0 | -100% |
| James J. Lyon | $170 | $0 | -100% |
| Lisa M. Rettinger | $2,843 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul A. Merry | $13,134 | $0 | -100% |
| Robert J Parilek JR | $3,171 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy K. Grosskurth | $885 | $0 | -100% |
| Washatko Farms, Inc. | $5,602 | $0 | -100% |
| William F. Metko | $694 | $0 | -100% |
| Wirz, Inc. | $26,110 | $0 | -100% |
| Xiong Ginseng, Inc. | $59,038 | $0 | -100% |
| Nicole Jeske | $2,740 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald R. Krause | $167 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $7,312,492 | $2,013,825 | -72.5% |
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